Am­bi­ent De­ci­sion Theory

A variant of updateless decision theory that uses first order logic instead of mathematical intuition module (MIM), emphasizing the way an agent can control which mathematical structure a fixed definition defines, an aspect of UDT separate from its own emphasis on not making the mistake of updating away things one can still acausally control.

Blog posts

• AI cooperation in practice by cousin_it

• What a reduction of “could” could look like by cousin_it

• Controlling Constant Programs by Vladimir Nesov

• Notion of Preference in Ambient Control by Vladimir Nesov

• A model of UDT with a halting oracle by cousin_it

• Predictability of Decisions and the Diagonal Method by Vladimir Nesov

• A model of UDT without proof limits by cousin_it

• An example of self-fulfilling spurious proofs in UDT by cousin_it

See also

• Decision theory

• Newcomb’s problem, Prisoner’s dilemma

• Timeless decision theory

• Updateless decision theory